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Spanish Jewry Through the Ages, Episode 14: Prof. David Graizbord - Conversos
We discussed the basic terminology of converso/marrano/new christian, when the convero phenomenon began, Jewish attitudes towards conversos, old Christian attitudes towards converos, how the coversos integrated - or didn't - into Christian society, activities, traditions, the Spanish-Portugese communities around the wolrd (those that returned to Judaism), and much more
With Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel discussing the Rosh (Rabeinu Asher b. Yechiel, 1250 - 1327)
With Rav Shnayor Burton discussing the mitzvah to reside in Eretz Yisrael and his new Sefer on the topic
With Prof. David Kertzer discussing Pope Pius XII and his relationship with Mussolini and Hitler and his silence regarding the Jews during the Holocaust
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing the Legacy Judaica auction 11 catalogue
With Dr. Akiva Sternberg discussing Halachic challenges with the early Jewish immigration to America (1850 - 1924)
With Prof. Ronnie Hsia discussing the ritual murder trial (blood libel) of Trent in 1475
With Rabbi Isaac Rice discussing the Haggadah Shel Pesach and the foundations of running a Seder
With Rav Yehoshua Hartman discussing the Maharal's Shabbos HaGadol Derasha
With R' Moshe Hubner discussing his English adaptation of Minchas Chinuch on Pesach
With R' Eliyahu Simcha Hellmann discussing Rav Yitzchak Dov Bamberger - The Wurzburger Rav (1807 - 1878) - and Kollel Achsanya Shel Torah
With R' Shimon Szimonowitz discussing Sefer Igros Sofrim: The Letters of the Eiger - Sofer families
With Dr. Zev Eleff discussing the history of the Purim Shpiel (in America)
With R' Elimelech Zweibel discussing Sefer Eim Labinah of Rav Yaakov Emden
With Prof. Elisheva Baumgarten discussing Jewish daily life in the Middle Ages
With R' Dovid Silverman discussing Sefer Matamei Yitzchak & the story behind the manuscript
With Prof. Yossi Chajes discussing Kabbalistic Trees (האילן הקבלי)
With Prof. Daniel Schwartz discussing the history of the (word) Ghetto
With Prof. Matt Goldish discussing Chacham David Nieto (1654 - 1728)
With R' Moshe Maimon discussing Rav Dovid HaNaggid & his commentary on Parshas Vaera
With Rabbi Yehoshua Lifschitz discussing the various Seforim that he wrote & edited (Sifrei Meir Panim)
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